8-letter words containing o, y, a, m
- molality — the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.
- molarity — the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- momoyama — Azuchi-Momoyama.
- monandry — the practice or condition of having one husband at a time.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- moneyman — an investor; angel; backer.
- monogamy — marriage with only one person at a time. Compare bigamy, polygamy.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- moratory — authorizing delay of payment: a moratory law.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mortally — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- mortuary — funeral home.
- motorway — an expressway.
- moveably — in a movable manner
- moyamoya — (medicine) A disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.
- mulloway — a large Australian saltwater fish, Sciaena antarctica. regarded as a culinary delicacy.
- mutatory — subject to change; variable
- myatonia — deficient muscle tone.
- mycetoma — a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
- mycostat — a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- myelomas — Plural form of myeloma.
- myoblast — any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myokymia — twitching of individual segments of a muscle.
- myomancy — a form of divination by observing mice
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- myospasm — A sudden, involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle.
- myotonia — tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity.
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- myxomata — Plural form of myxoma.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normally — in a normal or regular way: The wound is healing normally.
- normandy — a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- one-many — (of a relation) having the property that an element may be assigned to several elements but that given an element, only one may be assigned to it.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- overmany — an excess of people
- palimony — a form of alimony awarded to one of the partners in a romantic relationship after the breakup of that relationship following a long period of living together.
- paronymy — a play on words
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- playroom — a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.
- polyfoam — a rigid, semirigid, or rubbery foam composed of minute bubbles of air or carbon dioxide embedded in a polymer matrix, often polyurethane: used in mattresses, padding, insulation, etc.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.